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What do you think of the ban on "unearned" books for prisoners? We don't like it. It's not like Sky TV or steak dinners. It's about books. Books should ''never'' be a privilege that anyone needs to earn. Books are something apart. And prisoners should be ''encouraged'' to read by any means possible. So we were glad to hear of a possible [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27304228 legal challenge]. Do you all you fellow bookworms feel the same about this? Or do you find it a reasonable decision for the government to have made?
And here's another controversial one for you: should the likes of Russell Brand and Dizzee Rascal feature in a new [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/russell-brand-and-dizzee-rascal-to-feature-in-new-english-language-and-literature-alevel-9327718.html A Level syllabus]? Or is that a step too far for modernism for you? We're happy with it - all wordsmiths should be up for inclusion. But we don't want the classics to be frozen out either. So tread carefully, exam boards!
'''Golden Hour'''
'''''All at Bookbag Towers'''''
See what we were reading [[May 2013 Newsletter|last year]].
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|comment= I agree, books of all sorts should be freely available to prisoners, although I might draw the line at giving them celebrity crap. Better that they have books which help them improve their minds, and the spectrum for that is wide enough.
On your second question, I think the likes of Russell Brand and Dizzy Rascal should definitely have a place in the A level syllabus, but not in the English Language or Literature curricula. Instead they should be included in the Psychology course, in the sections dealing with deviant and abnormal behaviour. I say this as a psychologist of some 30 years experience, and one who reads voraciously across a wide range of subjects, styles and genres. Oh, and I write a little too.
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